Freeview Light on the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmitter which serves 3,400 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
DTG-3 64QAM 8K 2/3 24.1Mb/s DVB-T MPEG2
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)




The Farleigh (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the Farleigh transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
PSB1 BBCA | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-3 | 3W |
1 BBC One (SD) South East, 2 BBC Two England, 9 BBC Four, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, 601 BBC Red Button, plus 15 others | |||||
PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C42 (642.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-3 | 3W |
3 ITV (SD) (Meridian (East micro region)), 4 Channel 4 (SD) South ads, 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 24 ITV4, 33 ITV +1 (Meridian south coast), | |||||
PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 75m | DTG-6 | 3W |
74 Shopping Quarter , 101 BBC One HD (England no regional news), 102 BBC Two HD (England), 103 ITV HD (ITV Meridian Southampton), 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 204 CBBC HD, plus 1 others |
DTG-6 256QAM 32KE 2/3 40.2Mb/s DVB-T2 MPEG4
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
Are you trying to watch these 51 Freeview channels?
The Farleigh (Kent, England) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: 4Music, 4seven, 5SELECT, 5STAR, 5USA, Aljazeera English, BBC Four HD, BBC News HD, Blaze, Blaze +1, CBeebies HD, CBS Drama, CBS Justice, CBS Reality, Together TV +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, CITV, Dave, Dave ja vu, DMAX, Drama, E4 +1, Film4 +1, Food Network, Forces TV, FreeSports, HGTV, Horror Channel, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, More4 +1, NOW 80s, Paramount Network, PBS America +1, pick, Quest +1, Quest Red, Quest Red +1, Really, RT HD, Sky Arts, Sky News, Smithsonian Channel, Sony Movies Action, Talking Pictures TV, TCC, Together TV, Yesterday +1.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the Farleigh transmitter?

BBC South East Today 0.8m homes 3.2%
from Tunbridge Wells TN1 1QQ, 21km southwest (229°)
to BBC South East region - 45 masts.

ITV Meridian News 0.7m homes 2.7%
from Maidstone ME14 5NZ, 5km northeast (49°)
to ITV Meridian (East) region - 36 masts.
All of lunch, weekend and 50% evening news is shared with all of Meridian plus Oxford
How will the Farleigh (Kent, England) transmission frequencies change over time?
1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2012 | 2012-13 | 19 Jul 2018 | |||||
W T | W T | W T | C/D E T | B E K T | |||||
C21 | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ||||||
C28 | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | ||||||
C36 | BBCA | ||||||||
C42 | D3+4 | ||||||||
C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
C50tv_off | D3+4 | ||||||||
C53tv_off | BBCB | ||||||||
C54tv_off | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves | ||||||
C56tv_off | BBCA | ||||||||
C57tv_off | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 13 Jun 12 and 27 Jun 12.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
Analogue 1-4 | 12W | |
BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-5.7dB) 3.2W |
Local transmitter maps
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Sunday, 13 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:36 on 11 May to 14:39 on 11 May. [BBC]
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Monday, 14 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 PM
6:06 PM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:06 today to 15:08 today, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:36 on 11 May to 14:39 on 11 May. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:06 PM
9:06 PM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:36 on 11 May to 14:39 on 11 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:06 today to 15:08 today. [BBC]
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Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:06 AM
6:06 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:36 on 11 May to 14:39 on 11 May, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:06 yesterday to 15:08 yesterday. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:06 AM
9:06 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:06 yesterday to 15:08 yesterday, BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 14:36 on 11 May to 14:39 on 11 May. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Transmitter engineering
5:29 AM
5:29 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 15:06 on 14 May to 15:08 on 14 May. [BBC]
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Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:03 AM
6:03 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:09 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:09 today. [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
9:03 AM
9:03 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:09 today to 05:07 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:09 today to 05:07 today. [BBC]
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Thursday, 5 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
6:25 AM
6:25 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 03:48 today, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 today to 03:48 today. [BBC]
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Friday, 6 July 2018
Transmitter engineering
12:26 AM
12:26 AM
FARLEIGH transmitter - Freeview: BBC Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 03:48 yesterday, HD Digital TV Off Air; DSO related from 00:02 yesterday to 03:48 yesterday. [BBC]
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